Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesFIlmmaker Christiaan Olwagen’s enchanting coming-of-age musical dramedy set in his homeland of South Africa takes a trope of extreme obstacles facing gay men in the 1980’s with such an inspired touch that makes this such a sheer joy of a movie. It’s the tale of teenage Johan Niemand (Schalk Bezuidenhout) who although he lives … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesIn this documentary that tells the story of the leading Argentinian LGBT activist Carlos Jáuregui, someone comments at one point ‘it’s important for our community to know where we have come from’ to which we would add, it is equally vital that we know who propelled us along the way too. Every LGBT community has a hero, … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesEven with the best-laid plans, life has a way of never working out exactly as we thought. Pep (Wieger Windhorst ) and Sjors (Kevin Hassing) have been a couple for several years now and still very happily in love and looking forward to fulfilling two of their dreams together: taking a year off to travel, … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesCassandro The Exotica is a 49 year old gay Mexican Lucha Libre that stands just just 5’5′ in his glittery outrageous costumes, but what he lacks in size , he makes up with his giant ego. This documentary on him was made by French filmmaker Marie Losier on 16 mm mainly using a (shaky) … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesWhen German high-schooler Phil (Louis Hoffman) returns from summer camp he is greeted so enthusiastically by his mother Glass (Sabine Timoteo) and his best friend Kat (Svenja Jung) as if he’d been away for much longer than just three weeks. We soon discover however that both these women tend to act melodramatically over almost every … Continue reading
